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Every year they open up their pastures for families to come on out, and find out – just what is an alpaca?

“We showed the pictures and they thought they were doggies,” said visitor Jacob Miller.

“I think it was going to look like a goat,” said Sadie Grinnell-Kiser.

But once they arrived, they all became quickly acquainted.

Owner Sheri Jacoby and her husband started the farm nine years ago after a chance encounter.

“I was driving along the road one day and saw a neighbor leading one from one pasture to another and was quite intrigued about what that animal was, and stopped to talk to her for a few minutes,” Jacoby said.Since then, their family has grown. They now own more than 30 alpacas.

“I like their personalities, they are fun, happy animals to be around,” Jacoby says.

And their thousands of visitors seems to feel the same.

“People love to come out, they have a good time. They post all kinds of pictures of their families with the alpacas,” she says.